Aquaponics

Adventures in urban farming

Mediamatic has their own urban agriculture system in the form of an Aquaponics greenhouse at the Biotoop Dijkspark, near Amsterdam Central station.

Aquaponics is a way to sustainably produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space. Plants and fish are cultivated together. The fish excrete ammonia which gets transformed by bacteria into nitrate. The nitrate serves as fertilizer for the plants.

What we offer

Tours

If you are interested in a tour of our beautiful Aquaponics greenhouse you can make an appointment by mailing to mail@mediamatic.nl. The farm is open weekdays, from 10.00 - 18.00. Tickets €5,- .

Workshops

We offer one-day building workshops for making a living-room scale systems. This is also very interesting for schools. Check our calendar for dates.

Custom requests

We offer consultancy sessions with our highly experienced team members in case you want advice or practical information and knowledge. These sessions can take place by phone, e-mail or appointment. Price is € 120 excl. VAT per hour. We offer a 30% cultural discount for schools, cultural organisations, students and freelancers (then the price is € 84 per hour excl. VAT).

Custom workshops / hiring a system for an exhibition or project

Blog

My time here at the aquaponics greenhouse has been a touch and go learning experience. Let me elaborate by going into detail about my trials and tribulations setting up the nursery. So all you, would be green thumbs, won’t repeat my mistakes.